Are You Working on Awesome Stuff?

There’s a great quote I’ve read before, but I can’t quite remember where I read it:

“Stop working on projects that you don’t feel awesome about.”

Recently, I had a situation that perfectly suited the above.

An example

A few weeks ago, I was in the early stages of co-authoring an ebook with someone. But it was about things that I wasn’t actually that interested in, and perhaps I didn’t fully realise this at the time.

When I look back at that ebook project, it was clear to me that the main reason I wanted to co-author it was to help the other person create something. I was trying to help them get motivated. It was, essentially, for them – and not me.

But then I was going to be lumped with all the publishing and marketing tasks after the writing stage had been finished. If it’s not obvious…

That’s a lot of work if you’re not having much fun.

Not surprisingly, throughout the early stages of the ebook project, I was feeling a lot of anxiety and unhappiness. Eventually, these feelings became a pretty clear signal that I needed to pull the plug.

So, with some regret, I did.

Although there was some guilt about unintentionally letting someone else down (or seeming unreliable), it was obvious that I needed to take this step.

Once I did, a huge wave of relief hit me. Now I have no regrets over my choice.